ODroid XU4 and RetroPie

Wulf

I tried what you mentioned and was able to go much further than before. The only problem is that, for some reason, my system froze while in the menu to install cores (wasn't even installing/updating at the time). After turning it off and on with the built in switch, text started scrolling and then it ultimately ended in a black screen.

I'm guessing I've corrupted my system. I'll look into it later to see if I can salvage it, otherwise, I'll probably have to start from scratch again.

Anyways, I was able to get into emulationstation before the crash, though I haven't tested any games. A big step forward from before. Thanks for your guidance (as well as everyone else that has put effort into this project)!

krujak23

@Wulf I was doing the whole installation over SSH on my mobile, so I didn't notice the physical screen on my TV going black, but it will surely happen if you didn't also add the "no_console_suspend consoleblank=0" to the boot.ini.

I also started the whole process with the Ubuntu 16.04 minimal xu3 and not Ubuntu 16.04 mate.

The compilation process of RetroPie takes quite a while, after you select from the configuration Wizard the basic installation...

Wulf

@krujak23

There were two steps that I can remember not doing from the guide and that was one of them. I couldn't find "no_console_suspend" in /media/boot/boot.ini to replace with "no_console_suspend consoleblank=0." I wasn't sure if I should add it (or even if it mattered where it was placed). I skipped and then forgot about it.

The other step was the "Killing X sudo service lightdm stop and open new terminal ctrl+alt+F1" under install EmulationStation. I had no idea what this meant while in the script menu.

I'll try SSH and open up boot.ini. I'm guessing/hoping that it won't matter where I put "no_console_suspend consoleblank=0." I appreciate the help, but I don't want to take up anymore of your time with my silly mistakes. If I run into anymore issues, I'll wait until the guide is up and bounce what I'm doing against that. Once again, thanks for the help that you've already given.

krujak23

@BuZz Which RetroArch graphic (sdl2 vs gl) and audio (alsa vs sdl2) driver is recommended for the XU4?

Steve0

Wow, wasn't going to start looking at this until this week, and I see a flurry of activity... thanks!

Before I saw all this I had tried the installation with the minimal image, and was having Mali driver issues. I did then install the mate version, (removed the lightdm) and was able to get retropie up and running fairly easily, it only took a few steps. Today/tomorrow I was going to start testing the different systems and see what worked and didn't. I did notice no Kodi option to install, no attract mode, and a lack of theme downloads, but none of which were a surprise.

I do have documentation of my steps, but I think I'll image my current setup, and then may try building the the minimal version before I go further. Is the general consensus that we should work off the minimal image?

BuZz

@krujak23 I've only tested gl.

BuZz

@Steve0 No Kodi as we only only include Kodi for RPI and PC. You can add a 3rd party odroid repo if there are any that have a working Kodi.

ES themes should be the same as on RPI.

Not all packages are available - but most of the main/optional ones are.

Since RetroPie on the Odroid XU3/4 runs from the framebuffer, it's easier to start with a minimal image, rather than removing/disabling the desktop stuff.

nadenislamarre

@BuZz you should check at applying my odroid patch to get kodi working on the framebuffer on odroid :
https://github.com/nadenislamarre/batocera.linux/blob/master/board/recalbox/xu4/patches/kodi/0011-kodi-mali.patch (this is the same for c2/xu4)

batocera.linux is based on buildroot, not openelec.

krujak23

@nadenislamarre I have corrected my post. Sorry for this mistake ;)

BuZz

@nadenislamarre We don't package Kodi ourselves (I don't have the time). I believe there are some 3rd party repositories with Kodi for the odroid though.

krujak23

@herb_fargus I have added the instructions for XU4 to the wiki. Please review.

BuZz

@krujak23 Thanks for doing that.

herb_fargus

@krujak23 I don't have an XU4 so I'll take your word for it. I'll check over the formatting when I get some free time and I'll update the docs accordingly. Thanks

sketch2k278

I have a XU4 and would love to test this baby out!! Been waiting for the longest for a Retropie build to come out for XU4 nothing compares to it!

herb_fargus

@sketch2k278 there won't ever be an image for it, you'll have to use the guide on the wiki to build it yourself.

Also I can think of something better. My PC ;)

sketch2k278

@herb_fargus PC would always be better lol I just don't like sitting at a pc just to play games, it's a shame that it will not be an image for this, im not really good with linux sadly :-(

herb_fargus

@sketch2k278 I had never touched Linux before retropie. No time like the present! Otherwise you can use lakka. Basically the same thing

cadsj

@krujak23 After the command sudo systemctl restart getty@tty1 i have a black screen and the Step 12 cant resolve.

krujak23

@cadsj I have changed the step no 10 from:

[Service] ExecStart= ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty -a odroid --noclear %I $TERM

to:

[Service] ExecStart= ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty -a NameOfYourChoice --noclear %I $TERM

Try now!

cadsj

@krujak23 Problem solved with this change i suggest update the installation page and remove...

Finally, run bootini and reboot:

bootini
sudo reboot

run bootini doesn't work, i just reboot and continue the tutorial.